I agree that some working parents neglect their children, but so do plenty of parents who are at home with their children. Sitting in front of the TV watching Dish Network all day is not raising children. Stay at home and working parents can each be great parents. Most will stay home until the child starts preschool, and then resume work. I don’t think that necessarily makes them bad parents. My mother stayed at home with us until my youngest brother started KG and I think I really benefited from her care and consideration and I hope to be able to do the same for my children. I have friends that resent their mothers for sending them to daycare, and I don’t want my children to feel that way. At the same time, I don’t think that it necessarily makes you a bad parent. There are ways to give time to your kids with a career, IF that’s what you want.
How is mopping the floor a “relief” for women? I don’t mean for this to sound rude; I’m just trying to find the logic of your ideas.
I agree with you, mall. I just meant that that tendency to nurture can actually be an asset in the workplace. It doesn’t mean that being a mother is ALL a woman can do. It is the most important thing for her – but not the only important thing.
Wow. It’s easy to make your case based on extremes, isn’t it? It would probably require too much energy and intellect to deal with the complex situations of the moderate households, right? So why not make a whole bunch of insulting and irrelevant generalizations to make our point. Great job. :k: